Indian
Air Force has selected the Boeing CH-47D Chinook helicopter to replace
Russian Mi-26

India is to soon offer American aircraft manufacturer Boeing a
deal to supply 15 heavy-lift helicopters to the Indian Air Force,
local media reported Tuesday, October 30, 2012. The Press Trust
of India reported that unidentified Indian Defense Ministry officials
said talks on the price of the aircraft and procurement details
are the result of Boeing emerging as the low bidder in a helicopter
procurement competition.

A deputy commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force announced
on Saturday, October 20, 2012, that the IRIAF is manufacturing
2 new pilot training jets. Iranian Air Force Deputy Commander
for Training General Manouchehr Yazdani told FNA that irrespective
of the western sanctions against Iran, the country is facing no
problem for procuring training jets.

Four
Russian-made modernized Mi-25 Hind-D attack helicopters have joined the
Peruvian Air Force

Four Mil Mi-25 Hind D attack helicopters, modernized in Russia,
have joined the Peruvian Air Force to boost its combat capability
in the fight against terrorism and drug trafficking. The helicopters
have been assembled in Peru by Russian specialists after their
transfer from Russia. They are part of a $20-mln upgrade deal
involving seven Mi-25s, whose service life has been extended by
seven years.

Ecuador
takes delivery of the first two Eurocopter AS550 C3a Fennec
helicopters

On September 25, Eurocopter delivered the first two AS550 C3 Fennec
helicopters to the Ecuadorian Ministry of Defense under a contract
signed in 2010 for seven of these helicopters and two AS350 B2s,
which were delivered in December 2011. The contract contemplates
delivery of two Fennecs per year until 2015.

India
and Russia green light for new project development of MTA Military Transport
Aircraft

India and Russia gave the green light on Friday to a joint project
to develop a Military Transport Aircraft, Russia's United Aircraft
Corporation (OAK) said after the signing ceremony in New Delhi.
"A contract was signed by the client, the joint Indian-Russian
MTAL venture, and the contractors, Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL)
and Russia's United Aircraft Corporation Transport Planes (OAK-TS),"
OAK said.

Boeing [NYSE: BA] will continue assuring the worldwide availability
of C-17 aircraft, which provide vital military and humanitarian
airlift capability, through a $2 billion follow-on contract it
recently received from the U.S. Department of Defense.

India will begin production of an export variant of Russian plane-maker
Sukhoi's T-50 stealth fighter from 2020, Russian Defense Minister
Anatoly Serdyukov said on Wednesday during a visit to Delhi. "The
technical characteristics have been confirmed to our (Russia and
India) defense ministries. We propose serial production of the
plane should start by 2020," he said, following the meeting
of an Indian-Russian intergovernmental commission.

Israeli
Air Force shot down an unidentified UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle in airspace
of Israel

The Israel Air Force on Saturday, October 6, 2012, intercepted
an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that penetrated the Israeli airspace,
the military said in a statement. A military spokesman said two
fighter jets were scrambled from a southern air base at around
10 a.m. local time (0800 GMT) after a ground control station identified
the drone, which was shot down over the Yatir Forest, an area
in the northern Negev.

Indonesian
defense ministry received the delivery of CN-295 Airbus Military transport
aircraft

Indonesian defense ministry received the delivery of CN-295 turbo
propeller transport/cargo plane from PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI)
on Thursday, which would eventually be handed over to the military
to reinforce its multipurpose transporter fleet.

The DGA (French army defence procurement agency) has officially
taken delivery of the Rafale C137, the first production Rafale
equipped with the Thales RBE2 AESA* active phased array radar,
at Dassault Aviation's Mérignac establishment near Bordeaux.

Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] was awarded a contract valued up to
$1.85 billion by the U.S. Government to initiate the upgrade of
145 Block 20 F-16A/B aircraft for the Republic of China (RoC).
This retrofit program will include the addition of an Active Electronically
Scanned Array (AESA) radar, embedded global positioning, as well
as upgrades to the electronic warfare and other avionics systems
of Taiwan’s F-16s.

EADS
North America voluntary flight demonstration Armed Scout Combat helicopter
for U.S. Army

EADS North America has begun its voluntary flight demonstration
(VFD) for the Army’s Armed Aerial Scout helicopter program,
flying two aircraft at a high-altitude test site for a series
of demonstrations that will showcase the superior performance
of the company’s AAS-72X+ offering.